Thanks guys! I just checked the jars and the humidity is right on the 60% mark, perfecto! I tried a slightly different approach to drying this time: First couple of days I let them hang with fans on full blast. Kept checking the water activity with my meter until I got W.A readings below 8.0 (I think mine was at 7.9 at that point). Then I started my humidifier and set the controller to keep it at 75% R.H for about 5 days, the reason is to get the buds to dry as slow as possible once they clear the 8.0 W.A point (at which point bud rot is not a concern anymore). Setting the humidifier higher like this really slowed things down. I also slowed the fans to just barely move the air with very little current. After 5 days I started lowering the RH 1% every day until I got to 70%. Trimmed and jarred on the 11th day and they came out perfect! And they already smell amazing, like they would after a few weeks of cure.
It's called a water activity meter. This is what they use in the food industry. Kinda pricey but I figure its a one time investment and it really takes the guesswork out of the whole drying process. Got mine from amazon, seems to be out of stock on the exact model but they have others if you search (or you can find it cheaper on alibaba) www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R4MZBZ1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Started these zamaldelica clones on 12/12 on saterday, keeping them in these quart size pots to see how it controls the stretch. Their sisters seem to have stopped stretching around the 80 days mark
Day 126 Zamaldelica...I don't know what to say...did s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶m̶o̶r̶e̶ a lot more trimming Trimming half way done This is all since the last trim I did at around day 70 IIRC All done...for now....
Gimme an S! Gimme an A! Gimme a T!..... Not much hybrid breeding there! Are you still running 12 hours or have you tried lowering it a little yet?
Zamaldelica week 20, it never stopped. Started to dig into the thicket...lots of dry leaves and yellow buds. I guess they grew so thick and dense they just suffocated each other found some mushrooms growing under the bush Anyway, I chopped the plants from the front row that looked the least damaged, the rest ill probably compost. I could probably salvage a few more buds but whatever. These are the ones I kept. Gave them a 10 minute soak in h2O2 solution and hanged to dry with fans blasting them. I'll inspect them closer tomorrow to see what I can salvage.
My heart is hurting bro, it does look wild ! I guess some strains need more trimming? I'm holding my 1 dp as low as possible, had a mh bulb explode above plants, it was only 1 month old.
Dude, that's a bummer, it almost looks like they did a reveg. Oh well, some extra smoke, and moving on.
Thanks fellas. I kinda had my suspicion that it would turn out this way. Definitly planted way too many plants in that space. I think for this strain I should have gone with maximum four plants and SCROGed them with very little veg time. I was literally trimming them every 2-3 weeks and the part where the buds were growing got thicker and thicker until all the buds were pretty much all squished into one solid mass, I'm actually really surprised I didnt see massive amounts of mold inside, I'm sure there is some mold but not nearly as much as you would expect from such dense and packed growth. It's possible that the fact they were squished so tightly like sardines also contributed to them stretching non stop, poor girls just wanted some AIR! I have started 4 more zamals in quart sized pots, they are on day 40 of flower now, ill snap some pics later.
Welcome to the jungle! Sorry it went south on you Scoob. Much respect for sticking with it so long. It does get old. I hope you get a nice haul of smoke that makes you really happy after all your diligence.